diff --git a/src/comm_tiled.cpp b/src/comm_tiled.cpp
index a7eb6dfe80..87e75c1c05 100644
--- a/src/comm_tiled.cpp
+++ b/src/comm_tiled.cpp
@@ -879,6 +879,7 @@ void CommTiled::borders()
     // swap atoms with other procs using pack_border(), unpack_border()
     // use Waitall() instead of Waitany() because calls to unpack_border()
     //   must increment per-atom arrays in ascending order
+    // For the same reason, sendself unpacks must occur after recvother unpacks
 
     if (ghost_velocity) {
       if (recvother[iswap]) {
@@ -894,13 +895,6 @@ void CommTiled::borders()
           MPI_Send(buf_send,n,MPI_DOUBLE,sendproc[iswap][m],0,world);
         }
       }
-      if (sendself[iswap]) {
-        avec->pack_border_vel(sendnum[iswap][nsend],sendlist[iswap][nsend],
-                              buf_send,pbc_flag[iswap][nsend],
-                              pbc[iswap][nsend]);
-        avec->unpack_border_vel(recvnum[iswap][nrecv],firstrecv[iswap][nrecv],
-                                buf_send);
-      }
       if (recvother[iswap]) {
         MPI_Waitall(nrecv,requests,MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
         for (m = 0; m < nrecv; m++)
@@ -908,6 +902,13 @@ void CommTiled::borders()
                                   &buf_recv[size_border*
                                             forward_recv_offset[iswap][m]]);
       }
+      if (sendself[iswap]) {
+        avec->pack_border_vel(sendnum[iswap][nsend],sendlist[iswap][nsend],
+                              buf_send,pbc_flag[iswap][nsend],
+                              pbc[iswap][nsend]);
+        avec->unpack_border_vel(recvnum[iswap][nrecv],firstrecv[iswap][nrecv],
+                                buf_send);
+      }
 
     } else {
       if (recvother[iswap]) {
@@ -923,12 +924,6 @@ void CommTiled::borders()
           MPI_Send(buf_send,n,MPI_DOUBLE,sendproc[iswap][m],0,world);
         }
       }
-      if (sendself[iswap]) {
-        avec->pack_border(sendnum[iswap][nsend],sendlist[iswap][nsend],
-                          buf_send,pbc_flag[iswap][nsend],pbc[iswap][nsend]);
-        avec->unpack_border(recvnum[iswap][nsend],firstrecv[iswap][nsend],
-                            buf_send);
-      }
       if (recvother[iswap]) {
         MPI_Waitall(nrecv,requests,MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
         for (m = 0; m < nrecv; m++)
@@ -936,6 +931,12 @@ void CommTiled::borders()
                               &buf_recv[size_border*
                                         forward_recv_offset[iswap][m]]);
       }
+      if (sendself[iswap]) {
+        avec->pack_border(sendnum[iswap][nsend],sendlist[iswap][nsend],
+                          buf_send,pbc_flag[iswap][nsend],pbc[iswap][nsend]);
+        avec->unpack_border(recvnum[iswap][nrecv],firstrecv[iswap][nrecv],
+                            buf_send);
+      }
     }
 
     // increment ghost atoms